Quartz Mountain
Quartz Mountain rises to 838 m in California. Greys Mountain stands 2,158 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Lakes Park, a park 1.6 miles away. 180 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Madera County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49066060, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 838 m
How to reach it
180 named places within 25 miles
- Ward Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Revis Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Blackhawk Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mountain View Peak: 4.3 mi
- Mercer Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Indian Lakes Park: 1.6 mi
- Yosemite Lakes Park Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 9.8 mi
- San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area: 10.4 mi
- San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area: 10.5 mi
- Daulton Spring: 6.0 mi
- Vichy Spring: 6.3 mi
- Arnold Spring: 6.4 mi
- Pecan Spring: 7.6 mi
- Rogers Spring: 8.2 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 1.9 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 10.0 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 10.4 mi
- Millerton Courthouse Museum: 13.4 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 18.3 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 11.2 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 11.3 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 11.3 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 11.5 mi
- Chowchilla Recreation Area: 16.6 mi
- Exact Center of California: 13.1 mi
- Whites Cabin: 14.7 mi
- Academy: 22.4 mi
- Cottonwood Park Arch: 23.9 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 24.0 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 11.8 mi
- Table Mountain Casino: 14.4 mi
- Big Ed: 17.4 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 17.6 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 18.3 mi
- San Joaquin Experimental Range: 6.3 mi
- Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 11.1 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 15.8 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 17.3 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 18.2 mi
- Angel Falls: 12.0 mi
- Whisky Falls: 15.1 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 16.0 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 17.0 mi
- Stevenson Creek Falls: 18.3 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 11.5 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 12.7 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 16.8 mi
- San Joaquin River Bluffs: 23.1 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 9.8 mi
- Tollhouse Crossing: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quartz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greys Mountain | NNE 31° | 2,158 m | 17.3 mi |
| Source Point | E 82° | 1,888 m | 16.5 mi |
| Graham Mountain | NE 39° | 1,857 m | 14.8 mi |
| Peckinpah Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,827 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mormon Hill | ENE 78° | 1,810 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sivels Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,782 m | 15.5 mi |
| Silver Knob | N 1° | 1,631 m | 16.7 mi |
| Pilot Peak | N 357° | 1,586 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK RS, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358776029
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